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Each year, Bicycling’s test editors choose the Best Bikes from the thousands available across dozens of categories. Our process starts with analyzing price, features, and how each bike solves a rider’s needs. We also monitor cycling trends, research emerging riding categories, and closely follow new technologies. Then we tighten our focus on the bikes with the most potential, get them, ride them extensively, and discuss them rigorously amongst the test team and with other cyclists.
Almost no one uses a bicycle only how it’s portrayed on bike brands’ websites. So we test bikes in ways our readers ride them. We go to group rides and events, dig through social media posts, and dive into the minutia to give us insight into obstacles riders face and how they use their bikes to solve them. —Tara Seplavy, Deputy Editor
Road Bikes
Best Endurance Road
Enve Fray
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Best All-Around Bike
Ritte Esprit
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Best Budget Road
Specialized Allez
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Best Value Road Bike
Trek Emonda ALR
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Best Road Race
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8
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Best Endurance Road
Canyon Endurace CF SLX 8
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Best Crit Bike
Standert Kreissäge RS
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Best Steel Road Bike
Ritchey Road Logic Disc
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Best Super Bike
BMC Teammachine R 01 LTD
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Best Electric Road Bike
Cervélo Rouvida
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Best Road Bike
Mosaic RT1 iTR
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Best USA-Made Road
Allied Alfa
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Best Italian Road
Officina Battaglin Portofino R
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Best Performance Road
Ridley Falcn RS
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Gravel Bikes
Best Gravel Bike
BlackHeart AL Gravel
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Best Budget Gravel
State 6061 All-Road Apex XPLR AXS
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Best Budget Gravel Suspension
Lauf Seigla Core Wireless
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Best Travel Gravel Bike
Ritchey Outback Break-Away
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Best USA-Made Gravel
Argonaut GR3 Custom
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Best Italian Gravel Bike
Colnago C68 Gravel SRAM Red XPLR AXS
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Best Cyclocross
Trek Boone 5
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Best Electric Gravel Bike
Canyon Grizl:On
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Commuter and Urban Bikes
Best Value Commuter
Lectric One eBike
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Best Budget e-Cargo
Rad Power Rad Wagon 5
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Best Super Commuter
Specialized Turbo Tero X 6.0
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Best Mid-Tail E-Cargo Bike
Xtracycle RFA
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Best Belt-Drive Commuter
Ride1Up Prodigy V2
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Best Hybrid E-Bike
Velotric T1
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Best Folding e-Bike
Brompton C-Line Electric 12-Speed
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Best Kid's Bike
Trek Wahoo Path
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Mountain Bikes
Best Budget E-MTB
Aventon Ramblas
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Best Mixed Wheel Trail Bike
Santa Cruz 5010
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Best Beginner Hardtail
Specialized Rockhopper Elite 29
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Best Cross Country Racer
Yeti ASR T5 Ultimate XX SL
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Best High-Pivot Trail Bike
Norco Sight C1 MX
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Best SL E-MTB
Santa Cruz Heckler SL GX AXS Carbon C
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Best XC-Trail Deal
Canyon Lux Trail CR 9
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Best E-MTB
Pivot Shuttle AM Team XX Eagle Transmission
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Best Long Travel e-Bike
Transition Repeater PT X0 AXS
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Best Mountain Bike Redesign
Specialized S-Works Epic 8
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Best Trail Bike
Evil Offering LS X0 AXS Transmission
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Tara Seplavy
Deputy Editor
As Deputy Editor, Tara Seplavy leads Bicycling’s product test team; after having previously led product development and sourcing for multiple bike brands, run World Championship winning mountain bike teams, wrenched at renowned bicycle shops in Brooklyn, raced everything from criteriums to downhill, and ridden bikes on six different continents (landing herself in hospital emergency rooms in four countries and counting). Based in Easton, Pennsylvania, Tara spends tons of time on the road and trail testing products. A familiar face at cyclocross races, crits, and bike parks in the Mid Atlantic and New England, on weekends she can often be found racing for the New York City-based CRCA/KruisCX team. When not riding a bike, or talking about them, Tara listens to a lot of ska, punk, and emo music, and consumes too much social media.
Matt Phillips
Senior Test Editor, Bicycling
A gear editor for his entire career, Matt’s journey to becoming a leading cycling tech journalist started in 1995, and he’s been at it ever since; likely riding more cycling equipment than anyone on the planet along the way. Previous to his time with Bicycling, Matt worked in bike shops as a service manager, mechanic, and sales person. Based in Durango, Colorado, he enjoys riding and testing any and all kinds of bikes, so you’re just as likely to see him on a road bike dressed in Lycra at a Tuesday night worlds ride as you are to find him dressed in a full face helmet and pads riding a bike park on an enduro bike. He doesn’t race often, but he’s game for anything; having entered road races, criteriums, trials competitions, dual slalom, downhill races, enduros, stage races, short track, time trials, and gran fondos. Next up on his to-do list: a multi day bikepacking trip, and an e-bike race.
Dan Chabanov
Test Editor
Test Editor Dan Chabanov got his start in cycling as a New York City bike messenger but quickly found his way into road and cyclocross racing, competing in professional cyclocross races from 2009 to 2019 and winning a Master’s National Championship title in 2018. Prior to joining Bicycling in 2021, Dan worked as part of the race organization for the Red Hook Crit, as a coach with EnduranceWERX, as well as a freelance writer and photographer.
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